<div dir="auto">Hi everyone,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I suggest we take it easy. The voting will take us less than one minute to click and vote. It won't cost us much time.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Let's allow the election to go on as scheduled. </div><div dir="auto"><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Regards,<br><br>Raymond Mamattah<br>Accra, Ghana <br><br> </div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 28, 2023, 11:58 AM Fariz Ahmadi via UA-discuss <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org">ua-discuss@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It makes sense and is true that voting cannot take place
during the ICANN76 period since there is a significant scheduling conflict. A
clear 10-day window must be provided to allow for fair and transparent voting
post ICANN76.<u></u> <u></u></p><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div>
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<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Best Wishes</div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(12,12,20);font-family:"Inter var",system-ui,sans-serif;font-weight:700;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important">Fariz Ahmadi</span><br></div><div>
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On Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 at 5:07 PM, olgachuychenko via UA-discuss <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ua-discuss@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>
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<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span>I agree with you and honestly i am a little shocked that why UASG secretariat overlooked these crucial dates during the announcement. </span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span>Voting should not happen during ICANN76 and the travel period; dates must be reevaluated, and all voting must begin after March 20, 2023.</span><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">
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On Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 at 12:28 PM, Pongpen Sutharoj via UA-discuss <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ua-discuss@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>
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<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia,serif">Hello,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia,serif">I'm find glitches with the UASG election shared document, explicitly
the Chair voting period.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia,serif">Election for Chair: March 8-20, 2023 (10-day voting period):
The beginning of the chair elections has been announced.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia,serif">Please keep in mind that the majority of us will be
travelling and busy in ICANN76 from March 9th to March 20th, 2023, thus voting
period dates should be chosen to exclude the ICANN76 period or provide for some
more time in the start and end dates. It could fall between March 6th and March
25th, 2023. This will be interest of all UASG community members so that they
get appropriate time for casting their vote and making selection of suitable candidate.
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia,serif">Regards</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(12,12,20);background:white;line-height:normal">Pongpen Sutharoj</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div>
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On Monday, February 20th, 2023 at 7:00 PM, Seda Akbulut via UA-discuss <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ua-discuss@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>
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<span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">Dear Universal Acceptance (UA) Community Members,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0e101a">Universal Acceptance Working Group (UASG) is announcing the call for nominations for its leadership positions. Interested candidates should send a self-nomination
with a Statement of Interest (SOI) to the email: </span><a href="mailto:UAprogram@icann.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4a6ee0">UAprogram@icann.org</span></a>
<span style="color:#0432ff">before 23:00 UTC on </span><span style="color:#0432ff" lang="TR">3 March 2023 for Chair position, and on 31 March 2023 for Vice-Chair position.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:#0e101a">The SOI should include the following information:</span></p>
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Name of the nominee </li><li style="color:#0e101a;vertical-align:baseline" class="MsoNormal">
The position contesting for (UASG Chair or UASG Vice-Chair) </li><li style="color:#0e101a;vertical-align:baseline" class="MsoNormal">
A short bio of the nominee, covering current position and the company being worked for, relevant UA experience, motivation, expression of interest and any other relevant information.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="color:#0e101a">The final list of candidates and their Statements of Interests (SOI) will be published on 6 March 2023</span><span style="color:#0e101a" lang="TR">
for Chair position, and on 4 April 2023 for Vice-Chair position.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0e101a">Open</span></strong><span style="color:#0e101a">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Positions for Election</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:#0e101a">- One Chair of the UASG</span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:#0e101a">- Vice-Chairs of the UASG (up to three</span><span style="color:black"> positions)</span></p>
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<span style="color:#0e101a">The</span></span></strong><span style="color:#0e101a">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">UASG Structure </span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:#0e101a">The Universal</span><span style="color:black"> Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) is overseen by one chair and two to three vice-Chairs, called the UASG leadership team. The UASG leadership team will be appointed
for a two-year term with the possibility of one reappointment, i.e., the chair and vice-chairs can serve for a period of two years and no more than four in each position. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For more information about the timeline and self-nominations, please
<span style="color:black">find attached</span> documents. To see the current UASG Administrative Group, visit
<a href="https://uasg.tech/about/people/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uasg.tech/about/people/</a>.
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<span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">Best Regards,</span><span style="color:black"><br>
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Seda Akbulut</span><span style="color:black"><br>
</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">Universal Acceptance (UA) Program Manager<br>
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span></p>
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